daveyf
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| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @kokakolia While my thread was asking about the very top end pricing in audio, I am interested in your points about the area below high end...commonly called mid-fi, or even mass produced low end gear. I think today, unlike in years past, there a... | |
| What would cause noise (ground noise?) when touching the volume control and tone controls? @tubeguy76 Might want to experiment with swapping tubes around. See if that does away with the issue. I had this exact problem with my tube preamp, and with some tube swapping was able to zero in on the offending tube. Sometimes tapping on the tub... | |
| What would cause noise (ground noise?) when touching the volume control and tone controls? If your preamp is a tube unit, it could be that you have a microphonic tube in the circuit, resulting in what you describe. If ss...not applicable. | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Since the market for high end gear is world wide, and not just limited to a certain demographic and location, that would seem to be what has been holding up the industry. However, ARC has some serious competition due to this world wide market, m... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? While the news about ARC going into receivership is not really a speaker forum subject, it does possibly connect to this thread. About a year or so ago, I was at an ARC dealers premier of their new Reference 80s amp. While I was there, the ARC re... | |
| Audio Research Owners Worried? @onhwy61 You are correct. Which is why I said someone at the factory and closed their doors for good...I should have added..an authorized person. | |
| Audio Research Owners Worried? @bigkidz You state that the only time one needs a schematic is when the part (pat sic) values are not marked. While this is correct, that occurrence is more than common, particularly it would seem on most typical high end gear. IMO, the more bout... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Looking at the creditor list, like many on this forum, I know several of these people/companies. Some come as a surprise, some not so much. Nonetheless, the one’s that come as a surprise to me are not one’s that most would think would ever be a cr... | |
| Audio Research Owners Worried? @fsonicsmith1 Sorry to hear of your issues with ARC. I do remember in the WZJ days, the amps came with a schematic as part of the instruction manual. I started a thread about schematics and the varying co-operation of companies to supply them, or ... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @cd318 Quite a difference between Harbeth's and JBL L100's!! Presumably your sister was primarily into rock, which might explain the preference for JBL's. @jl35 You ask a good question, how much do consumers in the very high price range for ... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. @fsonicsmith1 while I agree that buying reliable KT 150’s can be a chore, there are some vendors who do sell them and they seem fine. I have had luck with Upscale audio, among others. Buying on eBay is not advised. | |
| Audio Research Owners Worried? Maybe join this up to the receivership thread already running? | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. @fsonicsmith1 Going all- in with KT150’s was a mistake? IMO, this tube is pretty superior sounding ( depending on the circuit) to the older KT88’s, 6550’s and even the KT120’s. ARC was always looking for the way forward, which meant going to the ... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Hopefully, this is a Chapter 11 ( re-organization) vs. Chapter 7 ( full liquidation and closure). However, it certainly looks like the latter. Apparently there is a long list of un-paid creditors! With some luck, I am hoping that another entity w... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @curtdr The question is not whether a marketing plan exists that banks on 'over pricing' gear to sell at the high end, but rather if it is possible that such a plan might ultimately cause buyer ' exhaustion'? Resulting in a major reduction in sal... |